• @[email protected]
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    112 days ago

    I’m not sure I understand.

    The users go to a streaming site, they look for a movie, they click the clicks, they watch the movie, they close the browser, the temporary files are deleted.

    What downloads? What stored files?

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      12 days ago

      It uses a torrent file to download parts (temporarily) just like you use the same torrent to permanently download and seed. Only difference is they (the client/user) never keep the files for seeding, no different than if you downloaded, watched, and then deleted the file and torrent from your client.

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        112 days ago

        Oh I see what you mean now. That would be seed-and-run.

        That’s unethical as far as pirating goes…

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          212 days ago

          That’s unethical as far as pirating goes…

          Yes, but that doesn’t mean much to most people using public trackers to permanently download either so…